VMworld 2012 Day 1 for me I knew was going to be the busiest day by far of all the days. I had three speaking sessions along with the general hallway madness of drive by conversations. Prior to VMworld Day 1 I made sure to take in a little time for myself just because I knew it was going to ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: August 2012
How to Build a vCloud vApp DMZ
Okay I admit sometimes I spend too many late nights coming up with some goofy ideas. However this one actually panned out as a real work vCloud Director Networking example you can use to see how flexible vCloud Director Networking could be. The idea started from me wanting to rebuild by WordPress installation from a single server stack to a ... Read More »
VMware Fusion 5 Now Available!
Well if you are like me and just got your wife a new Retina Macbook….you are one happy camper! Log into the VMware site today and you will see that VMware Fusion 5 is now available! This release of VMware Fusion has a whole host of new features OS X Mountain Lion with notification center, AirPlay mirroring and Launchpad search ... Read More »
VMworld 2012 Meet The Experts Program
Just like last year VMworld 2012 will have the Meet the Experts program in full swing. However it has changed a bit for VMworld 2012 so you may want to get the information from the VMworld website. The program basically consists of the Meet the Experts Reception on Monday Night at 5:00 in the Meet the Experts Lounge located in Moscone ... Read More »
How to Fix OSX Mountain Lion Time Machine
So as some of you may know I was having a few issues with my 2010 MacBook Pro. I decided while things were wonky why not upgrade OSX, I mean what else could go wrong? Well actually not much went wrong the upgrade went fine and I even may have solved some of my hardware issues with an SMC reset, ... Read More »
Reserve You Spot in the vCloud Service Evaluation Beta!
Many have asked for such a thing, few have been able to really get a vCloud Service Evaluation setup quickly enough. Well VMware has done it for you! I have been talking about an internal vCloud Beta I was playing with a few weeks ago well this is it!! Get yourself signed up for this vCloud Service Evaluation Beta so ... Read More »
P90X Is For Paul Ryan…Is It For You?
Let’s be honest, I hate politics I always have. I think that the 4-year presidential process is in fact the definition of insanity, (Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results). However, I am fairly impressed that a candidate has been so public about his use of P90X on capital hill. The positive message that this spreads ... Read More »
Using The WDDM Driver With vCloud Templates
Recently I was asked an interesting question about vCloud Director Windows 2008 vApp Temaplates and the use of the WDDM Driver. There is an older VMware KB Article I was referred to when being asked the question and it specifically states: Note: Unless there is an explicit requirement for enhanced graphics, the preferred driver for Windows Server 2008 R2 is ... Read More »
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